diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/common/Kconfig
index fdd8f0436e..776004b1d6 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/Kconfig
@@ -99,4 +99,8 @@ config SOC_INTEL_COMMON_ACPI
 	bool
 	default n
 
+config SOC_INTEL_COMMON_NHLT
+	bool
+	default n
+
 endif # SOC_INTEL_COMMON
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/intel/common/Makefile.inc
index 88d5fd2c78..e9ad5082b4 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/Makefile.inc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ramstage-$(CONFIG_SOC_INTEL_COMMON_ACPI_WAKE_SOURCE) += acpi_wake_source.c
 ramstage-y += vbt.c
 ramstage-$(CONFIG_SOC_INTEL_COMMON_GFX_OPREGION) += opregion.c
 ramstage-$(CONFIG_SOC_INTEL_COMMON_ACPI) += ./acpi/acpi.c
+ramstage-$(CONFIG_SOC_INTEL_COMMON_NHLT) += nhlt.c
 
 smm-$(CONFIG_SOC_INTEL_COMMON_SMI) += smihandler.c
 
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/skylake/nhlt/nhlt.c b/src/soc/intel/common/nhlt.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/soc/intel/skylake/nhlt/nhlt.c
rename to src/soc/intel/common/nhlt.c
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/skylake/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/skylake/Kconfig
index a134d1c500..6843cef18c 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/skylake/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/skylake/Kconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ config CPU_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON
 	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON_ACPI_WAKE_SOURCE
 	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON_LPSS_I2C
+	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON_NHLT
 	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON_RESET
 	select SMM_TSEG
 	select SMP
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/skylake/nhlt/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/intel/skylake/nhlt/Makefile.inc
index aff182c50b..e02248214c 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/skylake/nhlt/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/intel/skylake/nhlt/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-ramstage-y += nhlt.c
 ramstage-y += dmic.c
 ramstage-y += nau88l25.c
 ramstage-y += max98357.c